Job 11:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk [and making such great professions] be pronounced free from guilt or blame?

American Standard Version (1901)

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

Common English Bible

² Should all these words go unanswered or a wordy man be justified?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?

Job 11:2 Cross References

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Job 18:2

How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

James 1:19

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Acts 17:18

And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Psalm 140:11

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

Job 11:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Job 15:2

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill his belly with the east wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.